Thanks alot, let's see how much the discussion can be helpful ( which I believe it is quite),in driving
forward the efforts at intergration, sooner, rather than later..
 
Many thanks..
 
Harry

From: Brian Munyao Longwe [mailto:blongwe@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010 12:53 PM
To: harry@comtelsys.co.ke
Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
Subject: Re: [kictanet] The urgent case for a Regional Internet Exchange Point (RIXP)

Harry,

You are very welcome. I think a key point to keep in mind for this issue of regional interconnection is that based on experiences and lessons learnt from other parts of the world - namely, Europe and Southern Asia - it has been proven that regional carriers with cross-IXP connectivity are the most sustainable. This is as opposed to attempts to establish a "neutral" facility in the same way that national IXPs function.

In essence - the regulatory, policy and practical aspects are much easier to deal with and by creating a viable business opportunity, competition is encouraged which, in theory leads to better prices and hopefully better quality.

Regards,

Brian

On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 12:26 PM, Harry Delano <harry@comtelsys.co.ke> wrote:
Esther, Brian & Muriuki,
 
Thanks so much for this invaluable feedback. I'm scouring all the resources mentioned.  It's so encouraging
that there are already efforts underway to address this to get the member countries interconnected. Hopefully,
some sense of urgency can be injected into this to get the project off the ground so that we can harness
maximum benefits from the improved interconnectivity within the countries, especially on Fibre.
 
Esther, I will email Shoukry, and will report back..
 
Regards,
Harry

From: Esther Wanjau [mailto:esther_wanjau@yahoo.com]
Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010 11:41 AM

To: harry@comtelsys.co.ke
Cc: 'KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions'
Subject: Re: [kictanet] The urgent case for a Regional Internet Exchange Point (RIXP)

Dear Harry,

COMESA already has a concept paper on the RIXP.  Please contact the Director of Information and Networking in COMESA Secretariat Sherin Shoukry on shoukry@comesa.int for more information.  Also visit www.comesa.int and see the progress made in regard to IT.  There you will find the reports of the IT technical committees already held.
 

Hope this helps.

Esther

--- On Wed, 6/2/10, Harry Delano <harry@comtelsys.co.ke> wrote:

From: Harry Delano <harry@comtelsys.co.ke>
Subject: Re: [kictanet] The urgent case for a Regional Internet Exchange Point (RIXP)
To: esther_wanjau@yahoo.com
Cc: "'KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions'" <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>
Date: Wednesday, June 2, 2010, 11:17 PM

 
Thanks alot John, Am checking this out...
 
Harry

From: John Kariuki [mailto:ngethe.kariuki2007@yahoo.co.uk]
Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010 7:07 AM
To: harry@comtelsys.co.ke
Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
Subject: Re: [kictanet] The urgent case for a Regional Internet Exchange Point (RIXP)

There is a project called "EAC-BIN" under "Connect Africa Initiative". I would suggest you search the two in the web for more details.
 
John Kariuki

--- On Wed, 2/6/10, Harry Delano <harry@comtelsys.co.ke> wrote:

From: Harry Delano <harry@comtelsys.co.ke>
Subject: [kictanet] The urgent case for a Regional Internet Exchange Point (RIXP)
To: ngethe.kariuki2007@yahoo.co.uk
Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>
Date: Wednesday, 2 June, 2010, 20:39

Listers,
 
 
I have noticed, that while all laudable efforts in speeding up our broadband connectivity to the
rest of the world hits top gear, saddeningly regional local interconnectivity lags behind. Why
is this so...?
 
For instance reaching a branch office located in Tanzania from their Kenya HQ office,or  vice
versa means traffic transits out from our cyberspace to some international exchange point
somwhere in London, hits the return trip back via some other Link to Dar. This especially
affects VOIP connectivity and quality, between interconnected offices, and other services
that rely on good QOS.
 
This, especially while we are working on the economic, Social, and perhaps Political
intergration of the Comesa block seems to fly in the face of the major milestones that have
been achieved in the Telecommunication sectors of the member countries, and I strongly
suggest the industry addresses this urgently. We need  a Regional Internet Exchange point
set up. Perhaps name it COMESA-IXP or something. But one thing is clear; the more we
each send traffic destined locally on a roundtrip to Europe or elsewhere and back, means
we incur huge transiting costs in the process, which dollars that we export out should be
be used to expand and develop our local & Regional interconnection capacity..
 
I think, this is an issue worth being addressed and I'd be interested to discuss this more
with anyone interested to drive this forward. Anyone..?
 
Regards,
 
Harry

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